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Frome Canoe Club is affiliated to the British Canoe Union and is a Registered Charity (Number 1104728)

Newsletter

Volume 37 Issue 7 July 2013

Ben Nicol gets promoted to Div 1 at Cardington. Congratulations Ben! See P6/7 for details And see back page for another promotion.

Langham Farm Slalom

Josie wins the

Division 3 (women)

race on Saturday.

Looks like she was

having a great time

all the way down!

P8-12 for more

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In this issue

3 Calendar in brief

4 Market Yard Slalom

5 BBQ

13 Go Canoeing Day

14 Biblins

6 Cardington Report

8 Langham Farm Report

12 Shepperton Report

17 Statistics from Andrew

16 Watch Out For Aquatic Invaders

17 Bits and Pieces

18 Guess Who?

19 Courses

CALENDAR: details

REPORTS

SPECIALS

FCC ‘THROWLINE ’ CLUB MAGAZINE

Send articles for the next issue to [email protected] by 28th July

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Graham Warnecke

Vice Presidents

Richard and Jane Arney

Jim and Catharine Croft

Chairman

Alun Jones

Vice Chairman

Gareth McGiveron

Treasurer

John Kent

Secretary

Pam Dixon

16 Blagdon Walk, Frome, BA11 2YH

Committee Members

Arthur Belbin

Rich Carter

Jonathan Howell

Stuart Miles

Sally Smiles

Kath Norton

Kit Officers

Tim and Sally Smiles

SLALOM

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Calendar 2013


Date Event Standard Contact

July

5 Mini slalom cancelled All John K

6/7 Safety and rescue course Improvers Pam D

13/14 One Star weekend Beginners Pam D

21 MARKET YARD SLALOM All John K

28 CIWW trip 2 Star + Rich C

August

10 Aquatic First Aid course All Pam D

11 BBQ and Fun races All Pam D

17 Llandysul Slalom 3/4 All John K

31/1 3 Star weekend Improvers Pam D

31/1 Cardington Slalom 2/3/4 All John K

September

8 Try-a-boat day All Pam D

14/15 Shepperton slalom 3/4 All John K

22 Symonds Yat on the Wye Passport /One Star Rich C

October

5/6 Tiverton Training weekend Passport /One Star Pam D

12 SW Canoe Show at Exeter All

13 Three Star moving water day Participants Pam D

Strict adherence to the Club’s code of conduct is expected at all times on club events .

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Market Yard Slalom

HELP NEEDED We need help on the day to run this event: set up, judges, timers, stewards, start and finish and so on. If you can only come for part of the day, please do!

Club members

£1 off if you enter in advance

Programme

08:00 – Course opens for free unsupervised practice 10:30 – Official practice – full organised runs only 11:00 – Control Closes, no more late entries 11:30 – First Runs 13:30 – Lunch 14:00 – Second Runs 16.30 – Prize Giving

Sunday 21st July This slalom is held on the river by the clubhouse so you can see it’s nice and easy!

It is the second slalom that we organise in a year. A Division 4 and Open event with12 gates making a short course on flat water. If you’ve not done slalom before, this is a good one to try. And if you are an old-hand you can take part in the Open class! Or try a different class!

ENTRIES Division 4 Open £5.50 Adult £5 Adult

£3.50 Youth £3 Youth

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This is one of our annual fun events We plan to have races in the morning. While we are doing this the

chicken pieces will be cooking beautifully and the salads will be dressing nicely. Then we can relax and eat at about 2pm!

At Langham Farm from 11am Cost £5 adults, £4 young people. We set up the club marquee so we can shelter from any rain but do bring your umbrellas and wellie boots because the last two years have been wet! Games in the morning will be in kayaks and canoes , so also bring your paddling stuff and a towel as you might well get wet! This event is suitable for all, and family members are particularly welcome. But you must let Pam know you are coming so we can cater for you.

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Results, results, results ...


Cardington Slalom 15/16th June By Sam Nicol

Four club paddlers competed at Car-dington Slalom: Will Jones in K1 divi-sion 3, and in division 2 were Andy Lyall, John Kent and Ben Nicol. Ben also competed in C1 division 2.

The course at Cardington is a concrete culvert fed by the River Ouse. The course is tight, technical and shallow demanding a high level of concentra-tion to avoid pinning and/or beaching.

On Saturday, despite blustery weather conditions and heavy rain which saw the support crew retreat to vehicles for large umbrellas and waterproofs, Team Frome posted good results with close competition between good friends and rivals John and Andy.

Andy travelled home to Frome on Sat-urday evening leaving John, Will and Ben to compete on a windy but mostly dry Sunday. With a new course to master Team Frome's performance improved and after first runs John Kent lay in 18th with a clear run, Ben Nicol lay in 1st for both K1 and C1 and in division 3 Will Jones lay 8th. The tension rose for second runs, John Kent posted another clear run, 0.8 second quicker. Ben was clear also in both K1 and C1 runs and Will posted a 3 second improvement in his K1 run.

Ben held on to his first place in K1 but was beaten by 0.4 second into second place in C1. John's time maintained a mid table place and with an improved second run, Will came fourth in Divi-sion 3 missing out on third place by 0.1 second!

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Cardington slalom continued


FRIDAY MINI SLALOM 5th July Cancelled - Sorry folks!

Ben's results at Cardington added to those earned in previous Slalom events this year earned him promotion to K1 Division 1!

The Results

Saturday

Division 2 K1 - out of 47 competitors: Ben Nicol 5th Andrew Lyall 20th John Kent 27th

Division 2 C1 - out of 12 competitors: Ben Nicol 4th

Division 3 K1 - out of 27 competitors: William Jones 13th

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Division 2 K1 - out of 47 competitors: Ben Nicol 1st John Kent. 24th

Division 2 C1 - out of 10 competitors: Ben Nicol 2nd

Division 3 K1 - out of 25 competitors: Will Jones 4th

Ed: Ben (above) adds 2nd place in the C1 class to his already successful 1st place in K1 mens. Not bad for a weekend’s paddling?

Rich says that he can only remember two Division 1 paddlers in the club since he joined in 1982: Mark Knap-ton (Wellies) and Nick Kent. But Neil thinks Kate Duffus was also in Div 1. Who knows? Graham will!

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Carl, Kurt and Neil on the Allta Chourinn, a steep rockslide in Glen Etive.


Langham Farm Slalom June 8th/9th

HUGE SUCCESSES ALL ROUND!

This was one of our best ever events at Langham Farm and with 21 members taking part we put on a good show. Participants were: Tierney O’Neill, Wulgar Lackey, Jamie Easton, Keiran Clark, Alex Hulin, Kieran Fewell, Will Jones, Ben Lemon, Ben Nicol, Rosie Vallis, Josie Shillabeer, Kath Norton, Su Fewell, Jack Overhill, Dan Carey, Alex Nicol, Ian Jones, Mark Hemmens, Andy Bell, Andrew Lyall and John Kent.

Saturday FIRSTS for Kath Norton (K1W div 4), Josie Shillabeer (K1W Div 3), Jack Overhill (K1M div 3) and John and Andrew (C2 div 2/3). Jamie took the J12 and Keiran took the J16 prizes today.

Sunday FIRSTS for Jack Overhill (K1M div 3) and Ben Nicol (Officials).

And finally, we couldn’t have done it without the substantial help we got from club members.

You know who you all are - THANK YOU !

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Carl, Kurt and Neil on the Allta Chourinn, a steep rockslide in Glen Etive.

Langham Farm Slalom June 8th/9th

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Langham Farm Slalom June 8th/9th - continued


Su has time for a sneaky smile as

she paddles with her son!

Alex, really digging in now! A very focused Will takes 3rd place.

More like these on the FCC website

Dan’s first slalom: so far so good!

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Langham Farm Slalom June 8th/9th - continued


Ben L - determined and purposeful

At this ;point, what is going through their

heads we wonder?

Kieran... concentrating here

More like these on the FCC website

Dan’s first slalom: so far so good!

Tierney - how cool is that?

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Shepperton Div 3/4 Slalom Saturday 22/6/13

Weather: Dry

Temperature: 17ºC

Attendance: Approximately 50 Enjoyment factor: High

Those attending Alex Hulin, Jamie Easton, Keiron Clark, John Kent and Andrew Lyall.

Shepperton is a weir slalom for those

unfamiliar with this one, but as it is aimed at beginners there was little water today apart from flow over one of the side sluices. There was still enough water to make it interesting - so carry on reading.

We arrived at 10am and unofficial

practice was starting. Our three boys were keen to get on the water as soon as possible with first runs sched-uled for 12 noon.

There were 20 gates to be negotiated and Div 4 could avoid gates 12 and 13

which were in the main flow of wa-ter by the side sluice.

Within the first 10 minutes of practice Frome Canoe Club was showing class with a roll from Keiran at gate 18. This was followed 5 minutes later with Jamie getting a bit close to the large

rock in the main flow and getting pinned on it sideways. The water was

running quickly over him and the boat, but to his credit he seemed very relaxed about the situation. After an-other minute it became clear that he wasn't going to be released without some action on his part. As I was

FCC shows class with a roll and a pinning


standing on the bank by the rock he asked me 'Do you think I should get out?' I answered that 'It would be a

good idea' and off came the spray

deck and out he came swimming down the river. Three more copper nose points to his name.

A few other competitors managed to pull his boat off the rock and it was undamaged so he got back in the boat and carried on with his practice.

Alex managed to avoid any problems

all day and had a much improved sec-ond run. After prize giving we were all ready to depart at 6pm and home by 8pm. Thank you John for taking us all again.

Results Keiron - 3rd (out of 18) in Div 4 K1 and promoted to Div 3.

Alex - 8th (out of 8) in Div 4

Jamie - 18th (out of 21) in Div 3

Andrew & John - 3rd (out of 3) in C2 Div3.

Although, Andrew and John were 3rd, their time was good enough to receive 476 points. The winner only received 500 points.

In summary a very relaxing day with some valuable experience gained by

the boys on their first moving water

slalom.

Andrew Lyall Ed - Congratulations to Keiran on his promotion. We mustn’t forget those copper noseclip points - one for the roll and 3 to Jamie for his swim!

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Go Canoeing Taster Day


22nd June: we opened the club to members of the public and put on a taster day.

A big THANK YOU to Gine, Kyra, Ben L, George, Kieran, Charlie, Chris, Su, Josie, Gareth, Stu and Rich. Ben’s parents came to pick him up at the end and got roped in with the tidying up too!

The windy cool weather probably put many people off but we saw a steady stream through the day, with 50 giving it a go!

The feedback on the forms was fasci-nating: In the ‘what did you like least’ section there was ‘aching arms’ and ‘getting wet’. But an unexpected one - ‘wanted to go further downstream’. So at least we know that our young people in charge of the watery part of the day (Kyra, George, Gine, Kieran and Ben L) did what they were supposed to and kept everyone away from the weir! Well that’s not entirely true is it George? George got one of them teetering on the edge of the

weir. He said he was in control and that it was safe.

The ‘What did you enjoy most’ ques-tion elicited the expected comments like ‘I enjoyed it all’, ‘good fun’, ‘discovering a new sport’. But how about this – ‘The wind on the water just made it more fun’.

And finally ‘Great that a 7 year old could have a taster session – good in-structing too’

Yes we did have good and willing in-structors. Thank you everyone who helped.

Ed: We are sorry Tracy, that the kit room is not quite in the organised state that you left it the Wednesday before!

Maya Edwards, Amelia Edwards, Oliver Phelan, Jude Garrett, Konnor Gulliver, and Kallum Gulliver. Thank you Janine and Jonathan, the coaches who put the young people through the paces!

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Biblins

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Biblins continued

WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE! Good water levels, good group, good fun, good food, good everything! And inter-esting onesies, this year! What a wonderful Biblins we had. Taking part were: Girls Charlotte S, Chloe Mc, Emily E, Georgina F, Gine M, Han-nah B, India T, Isi M, Kyra B, Megan C, Philippa T and Summer V

Boys Alex H, Ben M, Ben N, George Mc, Jamie M, Jamie E, James B, Kallum G, Keiron C , Konnor G, Mason E and Rich N

Ladies Hazel C, Julia Mc, Kate J, Meg J, Pam D and Sara W

Men Andy V, Gareth Mc, Ian J, Jack S, Mike B, Rich, Stuart M and Tim C One dayers Jonny, Nicky, Bo and Blue Andy, Lou and Dylan

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Bits and Pieces


Number crunching - a slalom analysis by Andrew Lyall

After our great results at Langham Farm slalom I wondered how we compared to our club in 1983. Do we have more people doing slalom now? The figures below tell the story:

Frome Canoe Club is now a very successful club with a large number of male and female slalom paddlers. There is an increase of 150% compared to 1983.

Ed: Thank you for these stats Andrew. And of course we now have a Div 1 paddler after Cardington. Well done Ben! And Will Jones got promoted to Div 2 at Ogmore this weekend! But your figures do show a dramatic increase in uptake by ladies and girls which reflects the encouragement the club gives to our female paddlers in what is still a male dominated sport! If anyone in the club is interested in slalom, do please come along and give it a go. Ben Nicol and Jack Overhill are there every Wednesday at 7pm and will start you off!

1983 2013

Div 3 K1 Men 2 4

Div 3 K1 Women 0 4

Div 2 K1 Men 2 5

Div 3 C2 1 1

Div 1 C2 1 0

Div 2 C1 0 1

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Bits and Pieces


£500, give or take the odd pound! (we are still waiting for some bills to be settled) but the provisional figure for 2013 is £502. A very big thank you to everyone who made cakes for sale in the cook tent at Langham Farm slalom. We couldn't possibly manage to earn as much money as this without your donations. So thank you. And a special mention for the people who manned (or womaned) the tent: Chloe, Tracy, Angie, Kath, Vicky, Sarah and our one and only chef extraordinaire - Gareth! Next year’s dates are 7/8th June!

Email answers by 15th July to [email protected]. First correct answer out of the hat wins a great big choccie bar!

made in the Langham Farm slalom cook tent

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Bits and Pieces


Mary Harbert and John Gammie. Congratulations to you both.

Safety and Rescue A course spread over a weekend where you learn the ins ands outs of rescues. 6th/7thJuly

Aquatic First Aid An 8 hour course covering incident management, resuscitation etc. August 10th

Ask if you need a 16 hour course.

Three Star Whitewater kayak course 13st August/1st September And the moving water sections on 13th October

the remaining courses in 2013 are

One Star A course for beginners. At Market Yard over a weekend, 9am - 5pm both days. Date - 13th/14th July

Latest from Andy Holt of Escape to Adventure

8/9 August 3 Star Kayak training/assessment, Derbyshire

31Aug/1Sept 4 Star training (wwk), N Wales

7/8 September 4 Star Assessment (wwk), N Wales

21/22 September Dynamic/Active blade, N Wales

29 September Boofing day, Yorkshire

5/6 October Next step: Grade 3/4 river skills, N Wales

19/20 October Dynamic/Active blade, N Wales

27 October Boofing day, Yorkshire

2/3 November 4 Star training (wwk), S Wales

9-16 November Scotland classics and Creek week

23/24 November 4 Star assessment (wwk), S Wales

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CONTACTS

Chairman Alun Jones 01373 823513

Vice Chair: Gareth McGiveron

Treasurer: John Kent 01225 765168 [email protected]

Secretary: Pam Dixon 07740 472982 [email protected]

Head Coach: Rich Carter 01373 864623

Youth Reps: Kath Norton and Stu Miles

Volunteer Reps: Jonathan Howell and Sally Smiles Kit Officers: Sally and Tim Smiles

Langham Farm Slalom

Jamie (left) takes the J12 on Saturday

Keiran (right) takes

the J16

DIV 2 for

Will Jones

Promoted at Ogmore on

30th June

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